Car wash to benefit Howie’s Field

ROCHESTER — This Saturday, May 11, the Spaulding High School Interact Club will be holding a car wash from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in front of the high school, located at 150 Wakefield St.

All proceeds will benefit Howie’s Field of Dreams, a special baseball field that will officially open on June 1. The field is located at the Roger Allen Complex on Chestnut Hill Road and is designed to accommodate physically and mentally challenged athletes from age 5-21. It is a state of the art facility and will be welcoming young athletes from far and near who need the special cushioned field that supports people in wheelchairs, with crutches and other physically enhancing devices to be able to move around the bases with ease and safety and comfort. It is one of very few fields like this in the country.

The field is named in honor of Howie Seckdendorf, former owner of the Granite Steak and Grill and Windjammers, who, when he was the president of the Rochester Rotary Club had envisioned the field as his life project. Unfortunately, he passed away only about half way through his presidency and the Rotary Club, along with other community leaders, picked up the project and his dream will become a reality in 2013.

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